"We're completely blown away": 2026's best-rated game sold half a million copies in its first week, and the indie devs behind it are stunned Mina the Hollower is off to a great start GamesRadar · Jun 9
Saving the studio, Mina the Hollower sells 300,000 copies in 3 days as head wonders "how come the best-reviewed game of 2026 is not the fastest-selling game" "I feel a big fire lit to close that gap" GamesRadar · Jun 2
The best-rated game of 2026 is $20 because the devs "don't want people to wait" for a discount: "We only get one chance at this" Mina the Hollower developer Yacht Club Games knew what it was doing GamesRadar · Jun 1
Before Mina the Hollower, Yacht Club paused a 3D Shovel Knight game that's 'not far from being showable' and a possible next project Shovel Knight 64. Shovel Knight Solid. PC Gamer · May 31
After a quiet flop and some very loud industry-wide implosion, Shovel Knight dev really needs its new Game Boy-style soulslike to break through: "If we sold, like, 100,000, that's not so good" It's a terrible night for a curse GamesRadar · Dec 2, 2025
Shovel Knight dev's next game doesn't have a single parry, pulling from Castlevania and Bloodborne instead of Sekiro: 'Every game has a parry now … even Doom has Dark Souls stuff in it' In Mina the Hollower, "limitations are what provide the fun." PC Gamer · Oct 19, 2025
"We were looking at the Zelda Oracle games," says Shovel Knight dev, but the gorgeous Mina the Hollower actually feels more "like a Castlevania or a Bloodborne" "All we have is this jump, this burrow and this whip" GamesRadar · Oct 17, 2025
"Every game has a parry now," but Shovel Knight dev wants to keep things simple for upcoming Game Boy Zelda-like Mina the Hollower: "I played that new Doom, and even Doom has Dark Souls stuff in it" "We try to take something old and rejig it, do something interesting with it." GamesRadar · Oct 17, 2025